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mitt romney doesn't have a deficit plan. he has a plan to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires. one thing that will be interesting wednesday if he'll finally explain how his math adds up. he has a $5 trillion tax cut, on top of a $5 trillion to extend the bush cuts, and another $2 trillion in defense spending that our leaders say they don't need. $8 trillion. he says he's not going to add to the deficit. if he's not going to add to the deficit, the middle class better watch out because they'll pay the burden if he is elected because the hole is just too big. and it will be interesting on wednesday. if he says he's not going to burden the middle class, then he's going to blow a hole in the deficit. >> will we see president obama here on "meet the press" before election day? >> well, there's 37 days left, so we'll stay in contact about it. >> all right. we hope to see him here. mr. plouffe, thank you. >> thank you, david. >>> coming up, what are the stakes for both campaigns? the roundtable will get into it. founder of
mitt romney doesn't have a deficit plan. he has a plan to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires. one thing that will be interesting wednesday if he'll finally explain how his math adds up. he has a $5 trillion tax cut, on top of a $5 trillion to extend the bush cuts, and another $2 trillion in defense spending that our leaders say they don't need. $8 trillion. he says he's not going to add to the deficit. if he's not going to add to the deficit, the middle class better watch out because...
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mitt romney doesn't have a deficit plan. he's got a plan to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires. one of the things that will be interesting wednesday, if he'll finally explain hows had math adds up. he's got a $5 trillion tax cut and nour $2 trillion in defense spending that our defense leaders say they don't need if he's not going to add to the deficit, the middle class better watch out because they're going to pay the burden if he's elected president, because the whole is just too big. so if he says he's not going to burden the middle class, then he's going to blow a hole in the deficit. >> will we see president obama on "meet the press" before election day? >> there's 37 days left. so we'll stay in contact about it. >>> coming up, we talk more about the first debate. what are the stakes for both campaigns. the round table will get into it founder of the faith and freedom coalition, ralph reed, former democratic pennsylvania governor, ed rendell. the bbc's catty kay and nbc's chuck todd. here's what happened... i w
mitt romney doesn't have a deficit plan. he's got a plan to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires. one of the things that will be interesting wednesday, if he'll finally explain hows had math adds up. he's got a $5 trillion tax cut and nour $2 trillion in defense spending that our defense leaders say they don't need if he's not going to add to the deficit, the middle class better watch out because they're going to pay the burden if he's elected president, because the whole is just too...
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that either the middle class will have to pay more in taxes or you have to blow up the deficit. what can you say, specifically, that has undecided voters out there getting some clarity about why the math works aside from asserting that it does work? >> well, david, two points. one, it does work. you mentioned that half dozen studies. the president is talking about a study that is not the romney plan. that's what's been great about the debates and why they have helped mitt romney in ohio and around the country, is mitt romney has been able to tell people who he is and what his policies are, rather than relying on the 30-second attack ads by the democrats that have been running hot and heavy in ohio, mischaracterizing who he is and misrepresenting his policies. the math does work. it does fit together. and it's because it's tax reform, not just tax cuts, and it does require looking at some of the deductions, credits, kpimp exemptions, and so on. that's what these debates have been fantastic for in terms of governor romney. second, governor romney has a plan. and that's one thing t
that either the middle class will have to pay more in taxes or you have to blow up the deficit. what can you say, specifically, that has undecided voters out there getting some clarity about why the math works aside from asserting that it does work? >> well, david, two points. one, it does work. you mentioned that half dozen studies. the president is talking about a study that is not the romney plan. that's what's been great about the debates and why they have helped mitt romney in ohio...
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ceiling negotiations as well as all of the other times they were actually trying to trim the budget deficit saying, look, this is why we were elected in 2010 to come and do this. now president obama has that same argument in 2012. look, the presidential contest was fought on the contours of raising taxes on the wealthy. i won. now it's time to negotiate. >> the romney campaign had its final autopsy call, if you will, the governor with his big national fund-raisers. saying the reason he lost was that the president and the democrats gave a lot of handouts to specific special interest groups saying they were free gifts, the reason he was re-elected. republicans did not take too kindly to mr. romney's words. i want to play what bobby jindal and kelly ayotte said. >> this is completely unhelpful. this is not where the republican party needs to go. if you want voters to like you, the first thing you have to do is to like them first and it's certainly not helpful to tell voters that you think their votes were bought. >> i don't agree with the comments. i think the campaign is over and what the vot
ceiling negotiations as well as all of the other times they were actually trying to trim the budget deficit saying, look, this is why we were elected in 2010 to come and do this. now president obama has that same argument in 2012. look, the presidential contest was fought on the contours of raising taxes on the wealthy. i won. now it's time to negotiate. >> the romney campaign had its final autopsy call, if you will, the governor with his big national fund-raisers. saying the reason he...
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ross perot and the deficit is synonymous. but they seem to be billionaire endorsing -- rich guy endorsing rich by. but it shouldn't be an ignored endorsement. >> i think it's a net plus. not a significant net plus, but it helps romney. 20 years ago, 19% voted for ross perot. a the lot of those folks are still voting. >> and they did it in iowa. after florida, which is not a deficit, sort of sensitive state, iowa is a lot of orderer voters. memories of ross perot. >> and a place where the obama campaign has to be concerned. mitt romney after showing no activity came in and basically just about snuck in a primary. campaigned under the radar. >> shameless plug. >> my father, executive producer of the 1992 town hall meeting. >> and it was a great event in television history. >> bloomberg story where they interviewed the father of the late ambassador chris stevens. >> we talked about it today. >> do not politicize. that's an important message going into this debate. romney has to be careful not to politicize it too much. >> 7:00 p
ross perot and the deficit is synonymous. but they seem to be billionaire endorsing -- rich guy endorsing rich by. but it shouldn't be an ignored endorsement. >> i think it's a net plus. not a significant net plus, but it helps romney. 20 years ago, 19% voted for ross perot. a the lot of those folks are still voting. >> and they did it in iowa. after florida, which is not a deficit, sort of sensitive state, iowa is a lot of orderer voters. memories of ross perot. >> and a...
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the white house characterizing their plans as a deal that would help bring down the deficit, but without destroying the economic recovery and the middle class along with it. should not come as a surprise that president obama is pushing hard on ending the bush tax cuts for income over $250,000. that's probably been the president's most consistent, most repeated promise on policy. here's what he said about the bush tax cuts on high income right as he was agreeing to extend the tax cuts back in 2010. >> i'm as opposed to the high end tax cuts today as i have been for years. in the long run, we simply can't afford them. when they expire in two years, i will fight to end them. >> eep as he was agreeing to extend the tax cuts that time, he was promising right there he would not do it again. in april of last year, he went one step further. he issued an ultimatum. >> in december i agreed to extend the tax cuts for wealthiest americans because it was the only way to prevent a tax hike on middle class americans. but we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionai
the white house characterizing their plans as a deal that would help bring down the deficit, but without destroying the economic recovery and the middle class along with it. should not come as a surprise that president obama is pushing hard on ending the bush tax cuts for income over $250,000. that's probably been the president's most consistent, most repeated promise on policy. here's what he said about the bush tax cuts on high income right as he was agreeing to extend the tax cuts back in...
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they were deficit financed in the first place. the president is counting on savings from last year when the white house and congress raised the debt ceiling. >> andrea mitchell reporting. lawrence o'donnell asked martin o'malley what president obama should do next time he faces mitt romney in a debate? >> i think the president has to keep doing what he's doing. be truthful about why he made the choices he made. keep talking about the fact we are moving forward, not back with positive job growth. he has to continue to press governor romney that he's not putting forth the specifics of how he would do the various things he promised. it is a choice right now between two alternatives. i think problem's is based on the reality of the decisions we must make together as a people if we want a better and stronger economy. don't miss lawrence o'donnell on msnbc, the place for politics. here is a look at other news. in south carolina, a violent attack caught on camera. a convicted robbery defendant surprised his public defender with a roundho
they were deficit financed in the first place. the president is counting on savings from last year when the white house and congress raised the debt ceiling. >> andrea mitchell reporting. lawrence o'donnell asked martin o'malley what president obama should do next time he faces mitt romney in a debate? >> i think the president has to keep doing what he's doing. be truthful about why he made the choices he made. keep talking about the fact we are moving forward, not back with...
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there is a personality deficit and i think there is a program deficit. if you look at what groups like american cross roads are doing by going after obama's celebrity. there is something very significant about what you hear from republicans and all their acolytes. they're not trying to draw a contrast between what the republicans want to do on the economy and what obama wants to do. they're not trying to draw a contrast between obama's record on foreign policy and bush's record. obama has turned around the economy. rescued the auto industry. rescued the financial industry. he's gotten osama bin laden. all things the previous administration did not do very well at. and all things which romney has yetç to articulate a very, ver clear vision about. they're not trying to draw contrasts and they're going after these celebrity issues which really shows a lack of confidence. >> karl rove who made the ad seems to have given up on mitt romney. he has drawn up an electoral map. the blue states are romney. the red states are the president. by rove's assessment, r
there is a personality deficit and i think there is a program deficit. if you look at what groups like american cross roads are doing by going after obama's celebrity. there is something very significant about what you hear from republicans and all their acolytes. they're not trying to draw a contrast between what the republicans want to do on the economy and what obama wants to do. they're not trying to draw a contrast between obama's record on foreign policy and bush's record. obama has...
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his deficit reduction plan adds to the deficit. we've been there. we've tried that. we're not going back. we're moving forward. that's why i need your vote. we've got to finish what we started in 2008. electoral college is closer than it was a few weeks ago. the battleground states look the same. i think a couple more than there were. i think it hangs in the balance. i think that the president dug himself out of the hole he was in last night, but he is hardly home free. neither for that matter is mitt romney. i think what the candidates say, directed especially at women, undecided women voters who were the focus last night, chris, is going to make all the difference in the world. whom they will chose, whom they will trust with their lives, with their future over the next few weeks. that's going to tell the tale. >> john, how does it look? >> i don't disagree with what howard said there. i think so last night the president did pretty well. the thing -- his big failure is he didn't say, what's my deal. he talked about all those deals out there. you could say that about
his deficit reduction plan adds to the deficit. we've been there. we've tried that. we're not going back. we're moving forward. that's why i need your vote. we've got to finish what we started in 2008. electoral college is closer than it was a few weeks ago. the battleground states look the same. i think a couple more than there were. i think it hangs in the balance. i think that the president dug himself out of the hole he was in last night, but he is hardly home free. neither for that matter...
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when we're talking about math that doesn't add up, how about $4 trillion of deficits over the last four year, $5 trillion. that's math that doesn't add up. we have a president talking about someone's plan in a way that's completely foreign to what my real plan is. >> the most tense moment of the debate came during a question about the deadly attack on the american consulate in benghazi libya. a day after secretary of state hillary clinton took responsibility for the deaths of four americans there, the president declared last night at will debate that he is ultimately responsible. and while looking his opponent in the eye, the president said he does not play politics on matters of national security. >> while we were still dealing with our diplomats being threatened, governor romney put out a press release trying to make political points. and that's not how a commander in chief operates. you don't turn national security into a political issue. >> does the buck stop with your secretary of state as far as what went on here? >> secretary clinton has done an extraordinary job, but she works f
when we're talking about math that doesn't add up, how about $4 trillion of deficits over the last four year, $5 trillion. that's math that doesn't add up. we have a president talking about someone's plan in a way that's completely foreign to what my real plan is. >> the most tense moment of the debate came during a question about the deadly attack on the american consulate in benghazi libya. a day after secretary of state hillary clinton took responsibility for the deaths of four...
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a deal for $10 in tax cuts or spending -- i'm screwing everything up today -- $10 in rev -- $10 in deficit reduction for $1 spending increase and still wouldn't go along with that. it shows you how far extreme they are in terms of the republican party versus where the republican party was under ronald reagan. >> good for jeb bush saying that's a good deal and he would have been in on it and good for senator graham saying i'm not buying into that. we have to work on revenue and expense. >> except the outcry was so great poor jeb bush felt like we to retreat from this. that's the state of things right now in the party. >> susan, tax records, mitt romney, when do we get them? >> oh, i don't know. >> when do you think we should get them? >> i don't know, he hasn't told me. >> check your blackberry, maybe he has in this eight-minute block. >> my guess if he's going to be -- >> december 1st. >> november or after the election. >> thanks so much, great to have you all here. >>> on to other news in the graphic details emotional testimony in the jerry sandusky trial, former assistant coach mike mcqu
a deal for $10 in tax cuts or spending -- i'm screwing everything up today -- $10 in rev -- $10 in deficit reduction for $1 spending increase and still wouldn't go along with that. it shows you how far extreme they are in terms of the republican party versus where the republican party was under ronald reagan. >> good for jeb bush saying that's a good deal and he would have been in on it and good for senator graham saying i'm not buying into that. we have to work on revenue and expense....
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and back then there was -- there was lots of concern about deficits that we were creating. there was the concord coalition and all those guys saying we need to cut down debt, peterson. i mean, there is a tradeoff for you in a sense. if your generation says we will spend the money now and keep us employed or doing this, service to our country, or if -- the -- don't you worry that you will have a bigger bill to pay 20 years, 30 years down the road when social security is gone and all that kind of stuff. >> you already have a gargantuan bill to pay. if you look at where the deficit is less% of it is invested in education and in the things people make productive so they grow the work force. we have on pay to take care of people regardless. what i don't appreciate from a lot of people who criticized the effort, most people support the effort and our generation is firmly in support of the effort. but important the people in the -- and cynics that looked at this, it is -- if we want to say between don't want to add a dime to our deficit, we are going to continue to keep providing
and back then there was -- there was lots of concern about deficits that we were creating. there was the concord coalition and all those guys saying we need to cut down debt, peterson. i mean, there is a tradeoff for you in a sense. if your generation says we will spend the money now and keep us employed or doing this, service to our country, or if -- the -- don't you worry that you will have a bigger bill to pay 20 years, 30 years down the road when social security is gone and all that kind of...
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cut a deal to raise taxes with the democrats to fight the deficit and newt gingrich who was then leading sort of these back bench conservatives in the house, that was his big moment and stood up to bush and republican leadership and said we're not going to sign off on any tax hike. bush got enough republicans go withes the democrats but three quarters of the house republicans stood with gingrich, couple years later becomes the leader and speaker and the risk of that ri volt that's real. >> been revolting for the last two years and seems to have not gott gotten them any where. >> you meant that in a verb. >> a guy like gingrich, the equivalent today, who is in a safe republican district that can rally the conservatives will become a major figure. >> they don't need the tea party to get something done. he can forsake them and go forward with a deal. i get the sense that the president -- >> the speakership. >> right. but i get a sense the president being a centrist is sort of -- is not loathed to say good-bye to his progressive base, make the big deal, cement that part of his legacy the sam
cut a deal to raise taxes with the democrats to fight the deficit and newt gingrich who was then leading sort of these back bench conservatives in the house, that was his big moment and stood up to bush and republican leadership and said we're not going to sign off on any tax hike. bush got enough republicans go withes the democrats but three quarters of the house republicans stood with gingrich, couple years later becomes the leader and speaker and the risk of that ri volt that's real....
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that's what took us from surplus to deficit. when he talks about getting tough on china, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china and is currently investing in countries, in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its phone folks. governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on china. and what we've done when it comes to trade is not only signed three trade deals to open up new markets, but we've also set up a task force for trade that goes after anybody who is taking advantage of american workers or businesses and not creating a level playing field. we've brought twice as many cases against unfair trading practices than the previous administration, and we've won every single one that's been be. when i said that we had to make sure that china was not flooding our domestic market with cheap tires, governor romney said i was being protectionist. that it wouldn't be helpful to american workers. well in fact we saved a thousand jobs
that's what took us from surplus to deficit. when he talks about getting tough on china, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china and is currently investing in countries, in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its phone folks. governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough on china. and what we've done when it comes to trade is not only signed three trade deals to open up new markets, but...
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. >> if it's true that it's not going to add to the deficit, that leaves only one option and that's asking middle class families to foot bill. >> reporter: the president's charge of a $5 trillion tax cut is obviously inaccurate and wrong. >> reporter: romney also in ohio mocked the obama campaign's mocking his plan to cut funds for pbs. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> he's focused on saving big bird. kind of a strange thing in my view because you see i'm focused on helping the american people get good jobs. >> reporter: sesame's street now asked the obama campaign to pull the big bird ad, yet there are weightier questions here as congress looks in to whether the u.s. was warned of the deadly libya attack. >> twice in the six month lead up, you had bombings at our compound there in benghazi and it's 9/11 in libya. what other warnings do you need? >> reporter: warnings of trouble now for president obama, romney's closing the gap. the latest polls, reuters has them tied. gallup has romney up by two. pew has him up by four. and we were talking about the polls in the balgtd ground sta
. >> if it's true that it's not going to add to the deficit, that leaves only one option and that's asking middle class families to foot bill. >> reporter: the president's charge of a $5 trillion tax cut is obviously inaccurate and wrong. >> reporter: romney also in ohio mocked the obama campaign's mocking his plan to cut funds for pbs. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> he's focused on saving big bird. kind of a strange thing in my view because...
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he didn't talk about the deficit. he didn't make mention to how he was going to specifically lower the deficit. >> this has been -- this has popped up. they clearly believe this is a weak point for the president. >> look, what i think the president talked about is a balanced plan. as he talked about last night, we're going to have to make some tough spending cuts. we're going to need to ask mitt romney and others, including barack obama, to pay their fair share, to pay a little bit more. certainly the president talked about taxpayers and do this in a way to allow us to invest in important things, like education and things that we know will grow our economy. mitt romney wants to start the deficit conversation with $5 trillion new romney tax cut and a defense spending cut that the pentagon doesn't want. higher taxes on the middle class and drastic cut to the important investments. >> i want to shift to libya here. here was the president on libya. >> secretary clinton has done an extraordinary job but she works for me. i
he didn't talk about the deficit. he didn't make mention to how he was going to specifically lower the deficit. >> this has been -- this has popped up. they clearly believe this is a weak point for the president. >> look, what i think the president talked about is a balanced plan. as he talked about last night, we're going to have to make some tough spending cuts. we're going to need to ask mitt romney and others, including barack obama, to pay their fair share, to pay a little bit...
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the 2013 federal budget expected to result in a $900 billion deficit. >>> all right. enough of the real news. let's huddle around the water cooler to see how john stewart worked through the denver debate. >> there is no red america! there is no blue america! there is only the america that can't believe how bad this guy did in the debate. obama lost despite mitt romney doing this. >> i'm sorry, jim. i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i'm going to stop other things. i like pbs. i like big bird. i actually like you too. i'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow from china to pay for it. >> mother [ bleep ] fired big bird! romney could have water boarded aladdin, put down blue, deported dora the explorer, and still won walking away. romney won with the sound up. >> you're entitled, as a president, to your own airplane and house, but not to your own facts. >> romney won with the sound off. dude, he's yelling at you. look up! look up! what are you looking at? what are you writing that's so important? what are you doing? oh, that's nice. i didn't realize
the 2013 federal budget expected to result in a $900 billion deficit. >>> all right. enough of the real news. let's huddle around the water cooler to see how john stewart worked through the denver debate. >> there is no red america! there is no blue america! there is only the america that can't believe how bad this guy did in the debate. obama lost despite mitt romney doing this. >> i'm sorry, jim. i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i'm going to stop other things. i like...
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the fiscal part of it, tend to associate fiscal problems with deficit. this will be a problem caused by too much deficit reduction too quickly. you got these debates is it a cliff, a curve? a slope? i don't think we know how quickly problems begin. what we do know it's a sufficient contraption, in 2013, within two months, if we don't solve it, we'll need to raise the debt ceiling, tip the country into a recession and the financial markets into chaos. with some confidence and certainty it's a crisis. austerity, we're worried about austerity too quickly. i'm trying as a journalist to give this thing a name of what's going to happen here. >> let's talk about what you written and the election in 2016 as it relates to austerity crisis. you write, there are a number of powerful republicans who would see their futures diamond by a grand bargain that credibly puts deficits on a downward trajectory. so, are you saying people like congressman paul ryan who has been a deficit hawk and campaigned on being a deficit hawk on the romney/ryan taicket do you think he wou
the fiscal part of it, tend to associate fiscal problems with deficit. this will be a problem caused by too much deficit reduction too quickly. you got these debates is it a cliff, a curve? a slope? i don't think we know how quickly problems begin. what we do know it's a sufficient contraption, in 2013, within two months, if we don't solve it, we'll need to raise the debt ceiling, tip the country into a recession and the financial markets into chaos. with some confidence and certainty it's a...
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we have just over a trillion dollar budget deficit this year. so this part of raising additional revenue, that $1.6 trillion that the president is talking about as a starting point is only a down payment, if you will, on what we need to do in other areas which means budget cuts along with really putting people back to work because that's going to be the best thing to relieve pressure on our budget challenges right now. so it really has to be a shared sacrifice bill but we have to get serious about deficit reduction and that means that we have to have significant revenues on the table. >> you have two briefings today. one about former cia director david petraeus, the other on the attack on the consulate in benghazi. what do you expect to hear and what are the questions you have that are most pressing? >> well, we'll have top people from across the administration coming in very soon to talk to us about benghazi and we want to obviously understand the facts and what we knew and when we knew it. it was a terrible tragedy that we lost a u.s. ambassad
we have just over a trillion dollar budget deficit this year. so this part of raising additional revenue, that $1.6 trillion that the president is talking about as a starting point is only a down payment, if you will, on what we need to do in other areas which means budget cuts along with really putting people back to work because that's going to be the best thing to relieve pressure on our budget challenges right now. so it really has to be a shared sacrifice bill but we have to get serious...
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mitt romney, doesn't have a deficit reduction plan. he wants to spend $2 trillion more in defense, $5 trillion more in a tax cut won't tell us how you pay for, before you even start talking about deficit reduction. it's a joke to think mitt romney will actually take action to redaus the deficit. >> taxes, this week he did come out with this proposal of eliminating $17,000 in deductions. >> right. >> your response to that? >> well, you know, he left out a number of different details of that proposal but i would also say that limiting deductions to $17,000 for middle-class families still results in a tax increase. even in just the health premium deduction, for families last year, were about $15,000. there you go. what happens to the mortgage deduction, charitable deduction, child deduction. he's raising taxes on middle class families. >> if this comes up and mitt romney starts to do that math that paul ryan wouldn't do, i'm sure this will be a topic of discussion. >> how worried are you about the jobs report on friday? >> we face this ev
mitt romney, doesn't have a deficit reduction plan. he wants to spend $2 trillion more in defense, $5 trillion more in a tax cut won't tell us how you pay for, before you even start talking about deficit reduction. it's a joke to think mitt romney will actually take action to redaus the deficit. >> taxes, this week he did come out with this proposal of eliminating $17,000 in deductions. >> right. >> your response to that? >> well, you know, he left out a number of...
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if we are running around fighting foreign wars, you can't say you're closing the deficit. that part of the budget has to be open to cuts. that's why we have something called the cliff that we're heading for end of the year. >> i think the president should start with cutting the drone program. >> that wonderful person talking right there, joy ann reed, has the same brain on i have. i will have you on and i won't have to think anymore. thank you, michael steele. >> isn't they better than you? >> oh, please. >>> up next, two presidential candidates walk into a barber shop -- there is a joke. ever wonder what happened to mitt romney and barack obama if they got haircuts together. the side show is coming up next. this is hardball, the place for politics. >>> back to "hardball." break out the romney, obama impersonators. what would happen if they met at a barbershop and talked pop culture? here is one possibility. >> good morning, whiner in chief. >> oh, look, it is the great white dope. >> how is the post convention bump? >> it waulgd wasn't easy going up against the mtv folks.
if we are running around fighting foreign wars, you can't say you're closing the deficit. that part of the budget has to be open to cuts. that's why we have something called the cliff that we're heading for end of the year. >> i think the president should start with cutting the drone program. >> that wonderful person talking right there, joy ann reed, has the same brain on i have. i will have you on and i won't have to think anymore. thank you, michael steele. >> isn't they...
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so the conversation used to be we will cut the deficit through spending cuts. now within the space of a week, the same people, glen hubbard who was romney's chief economic adviser slated to be the federal reserve head if romney had won has an op-ed in the financial times today saying the first thing we should do is focus on more revenues and the way to get that is from capping deductions for the wealthy. so it's extraordinary the shape of the the rhetoric that's coming from republicans in the the last week has really changed a great deal. i think they recognize, even if obama doesn't recognize and even if most centrist democrats don't recognize it, they hold all the cards here. >> so who's the god you're referring to there? >> grover norquist? i'd say it's more a collection of dayties who said the first -- >> but that's the point. republican leaders and some republican thought leaders might be coming around that we have a deal here. but the reason for the past two decades can be traced back to 1990 with george bush sr. put a tax hike deal together with democrat
so the conversation used to be we will cut the deficit through spending cuts. now within the space of a week, the same people, glen hubbard who was romney's chief economic adviser slated to be the federal reserve head if romney had won has an op-ed in the financial times today saying the first thing we should do is focus on more revenues and the way to get that is from capping deductions for the wealthy. so it's extraordinary the shape of the the rhetoric that's coming from republicans in the...
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michael, let's talk deficit reduction. politico tallied up the exit polls and found 6 out of 10 americans being taxes should be increased. how can the republicans leaders stand by their refusal?taxes sh increased. how can the republicans leaders stand by their refusal? >> i don't think they can. one of the net/nets of the election tally is that the democratic messaging was successful and it comports with what i hear day in and day out from radio listeners who call me and that is that they want everybody to have skin in the game. the way i was sum up what i hear is a sentiment of shared sacrifice and the best way to approach that is to have some kind of a comprehensive plan where everyone is suffering a little. nobody is sharing an undual burden, but everybody has schedule skin in the game. >> karen, the president certainly while reelected, he still has to deal with many republicans whose constituents did not vote for him. so what moves can he use to bar again with republicans on tax increases? >> i think a couple of things
michael, let's talk deficit reduction. politico tallied up the exit polls and found 6 out of 10 americans being taxes should be increased. how can the republicans leaders stand by their refusal?taxes sh increased. how can the republicans leaders stand by their refusal? >> i don't think they can. one of the net/nets of the election tally is that the democratic messaging was successful and it comports with what i hear day in and day out from radio listeners who call me and that is that they...
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his deficit reductions plan adds to the deficit. so, iowa, you know, everybody here's heard of the new deal. you've heard of the fair deal. you've heard of the square deal. mitt romney's trying to sell you a sketchy deal. we are not buying it. we know better. we've been there. we tried that. we're not going back. we're moving forward. that's why i need your vote! we've got to finish what we started in 2008. you don't want to invest in that sketchy deal. >> we're back now. howard and john, let's try to do this straight up right now without any partisanship for a few minutes here from either side. john, try to hold back. i really want -- if you're being asked by your mother, close relative, somebody really care to let them know the trail of truth, where does this campaign stand right now? we've got 20 days to go after last night's victory by the president, after the thumping two weeks ago, after the rough victory by biden, very rough by him. where does it all stand in terms of not just their number but the direction? howard first. >>
his deficit reductions plan adds to the deficit. so, iowa, you know, everybody here's heard of the new deal. you've heard of the fair deal. you've heard of the square deal. mitt romney's trying to sell you a sketchy deal. we are not buying it. we know better. we've been there. we tried that. we're not going back. we're moving forward. that's why i need your vote! we've got to finish what we started in 2008. you don't want to invest in that sketchy deal. >> we're back now. howard and john,...
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there hasn't been any other deficit reduction deal. democrats won't agree to one without tax. so the big dumb spending cuts are becoming more and more inevitable. now, you might remember why democrats and republicans, both of whom agree we should cut spending to some degree are so dead set against these particular spending cuts and the answer is that they are very, very stupid. the spending cuts, no the members of congress. a certain number of programs, social security, medicaid, medicare beneficiaries and a lot of these spending directly benefiting low-income americans. that stuff is exempt. it won't get cut. but beyond that, everything gets pretty much the same size cut. as a senior administration official said on a conference call today, quote, the administration has no discretion in deciding the cuts identified in this report. the exempt versus nonexempt determinations are based on the requirements in the law. the administration can't choose which programs to exempt or what percentage cuts to apply. it gets the exact same cut as spending we consider completely wasteful and
there hasn't been any other deficit reduction deal. democrats won't agree to one without tax. so the big dumb spending cuts are becoming more and more inevitable. now, you might remember why democrats and republicans, both of whom agree we should cut spending to some degree are so dead set against these particular spending cuts and the answer is that they are very, very stupid. the spending cuts, no the members of congress. a certain number of programs, social security, medicaid, medicare...
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deficits redistribute power from america to china. the mechanism by which it does that is china purchases american treasury bonds which are the means we use to fund american deficit. when we have a gap between tax revenue and spending, we have to make that up with debt. the instrument is a treasury bond. and scary china is buying up the debt. that notion, take away the offensive way it's couched, that scary china owns america notion is almost a consensus idea. absolutely everywhere. also become a prominent theme in many political ads. this is an ad put out by the vague front group conservative not for profit citizens against government waste. set in beijing, in 2030. be very afraid. >> . >> that notion of a scary china has become an accepted truth in american politics. the problem it's based on a fundamental misunderstanding of who owns american debt. based on all this, what percentage of american debt would you say china owns? i'll do my best ron popeil, 60, 70, 80, every last piece of our debt? to the pie chart. the answer is roughl
deficits redistribute power from america to china. the mechanism by which it does that is china purchases american treasury bonds which are the means we use to fund american deficit. when we have a gap between tax revenue and spending, we have to make that up with debt. the instrument is a treasury bond. and scary china is buying up the debt. that notion, take away the offensive way it's couched, that scary china owns america notion is almost a consensus idea. absolutely everywhere. also become...
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and we've got to make sure we reduce our deficit. unfortunately, governor romney's plan doesn't do it. we have to do it in a responsible way. by asking the wealthiest to pay a little more. that way we can invest in the research and technology that's always kept us at the cutting edge. now governor romney has taken a different approach throughout this campaign. both at home and abroad, he has proposed wrong and reckless policies. he's praised george bush as a good economic stew wart and dick cheney as someone who shows great wisdom and judgment, and taking us back to those kind of strategies that got us in this mess, that's not how we're going to maintain leadership. >> wrong and reckless policies? >> i have a policy for the future and an agenda for the future. when it comes to our economy here at home, i know what it takes to create jobs. what we have seen over the last four years is something i don't want to see over the next four years. the president said by now we would be at 5.4% unemployment. we're 9 million jobs short of that.
and we've got to make sure we reduce our deficit. unfortunately, governor romney's plan doesn't do it. we have to do it in a responsible way. by asking the wealthiest to pay a little more. that way we can invest in the research and technology that's always kept us at the cutting edge. now governor romney has taken a different approach throughout this campaign. both at home and abroad, he has proposed wrong and reckless policies. he's praised george bush as a good economic stew wart and dick...
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including paul ryan tight-lipped on the specifics of the romney plan to cut taxes but not blow up the deficit. >>> and no animals were harmed in the making of this video. skater dude meet deer. that clip later in the show. first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. >>> we begin with stories from overseas where foreign policy is coming out as the central topic in the election with much of the recent focus on the attack on bengahzi, libya. romney advisers are split on how broadly they should hit the president over his handling of the attack and why it took so long to acknowledge it was an act of terrorism. some romney advisers to keep the focus on the economy, some are saying romney should have a major foreign policy speech days after the debate. over the weekend, the white house was on the defensive after the friday's announcement that the deadly assault on the u.s. consulate in bengahzi was deliberate and organized. peter king of new york called on susan rice to resign as u.s. ambassador to the united nations after she initially claimed the attack on the consulate was pa
including paul ryan tight-lipped on the specifics of the romney plan to cut taxes but not blow up the deficit. >>> and no animals were harmed in the making of this video. skater dude meet deer. that clip later in the show. first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. >>> we begin with stories from overseas where foreign policy is coming out as the central topic in the election with much of the recent focus on the attack on bengahzi, libya. romney advisers...
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september, the jobs ak was a big step forward because the president had been talking way too much about the deficit and bogged down in the debt ceiling debacle and came out in september and announced the plan and the poll numbers consistently started to rise. a couple of things about the jobs act and i defended it to you a couple of weeks ago and i went to look at it, and i could not find a number. there are lots of little numbers, but it should say on the front page, 6 million or 10 million one page and that is one stupid design thing, but in terms of the sale -- >> well, the economy is $13 trillion in the country and suffered from a slow growth rate of less than 2%. and he thinks that he can goose it up with a jobs bill that is $140 billion and this is less than a half a percent of the economy f. he got every nickel, he would move the economy by less than a half a percent and why does he go for something so small bore that the republicans would say, take it. and the republicans will never say, take it, ever. let me go over to you for this? any other way to analyze this small thinking? >> well, if
september, the jobs ak was a big step forward because the president had been talking way too much about the deficit and bogged down in the debt ceiling debacle and came out in september and announced the plan and the poll numbers consistently started to rise. a couple of things about the jobs act and i defended it to you a couple of weeks ago and i went to look at it, and i could not find a number. there are lots of little numbers, but it should say on the front page, 6 million or 10 million...
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it's not the deficit, it's the economy, wall street, meltdown. he starts talking about we put iraq, afghanistan, wars that biden himself voted for, he went down the wrong route after introducing a good point there. >> paul ryan didn't push him on that, wasn't quick enough to recognize -- >> you voted to are that, sir. >> that would have been painful. the stimulus letter discussion was absolutely devastating. >> i love my friend here. i'm not allowed to show letters. go on our website. he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin? we sent millions of dollars. >> you did ask for stimulus money? >> on two oaks we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. that's what we do. we do that for all constituents. >> i love that. i love that. >> i love that, too. once again, obstructionist republicans opposing policies that they actually support and know will be valuable for americans. >> the romney team had a bit of an issue this week, romney had a multiple choice situa
it's not the deficit, it's the economy, wall street, meltdown. he starts talking about we put iraq, afghanistan, wars that biden himself voted for, he went down the wrong route after introducing a good point there. >> paul ryan didn't push him on that, wasn't quick enough to recognize -- >> you voted to are that, sir. >> that would have been painful. the stimulus letter discussion was absolutely devastating. >> i love my friend here. i'm not allowed to show letters. go...
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we can't fight over this stuff when we have to work together to deal with our debt, deficit, investment problems. all of those thin things. it's a distraction. >> there are legitimate questions that the president wants answers to as well here. as he pointed out yesterday, for no those who believe susan rice is an easy target, come together. the fail tur, if there was one, was by the cia and questions about the information given to susan rice. i find that they skirt around that. the other issue brought up regarding this meeting that was supposed to take place yesterday or briefing that senator mccain missed because there was a scheduling error. at the same time he was holding a news conference. this adds to the notion that this is about politics, even though he and his staff indicate there was a scheduling error as to why he would miss a briefing on benghazi and instead be holding a news conference. >> you know, i think it is pretty clear that this is politics. if you remember, again, when condoleezza rice was up for confirmation, she did grilled. she only, i think, got confirmed by 85 v
we can't fight over this stuff when we have to work together to deal with our debt, deficit, investment problems. all of those thin things. it's a distraction. >> there are legitimate questions that the president wants answers to as well here. as he pointed out yesterday, for no those who believe susan rice is an easy target, come together. the fail tur, if there was one, was by the cia and questions about the information given to susan rice. i find that they skirt around that. the other...
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washington is obsessed with the deficit but the deficit wasn't the first issue that he talked about. the first issue he talked about was creating jobs and the programs that he wants to push through for job training and community colleges and the like to help raise people's income and, again, i think that's very true to the constituency that elected him that, yes, people want the long-term fiscal problem solved but right now they are still interested in making sure this economy keeps moving forward. and, again, without claiming he has political capital, that's an issue where i think he's aligned not only with his own constituency but with a lot of other people, too. >> even in victory he reaches for consensus, chris. >> that's absolutely right. and he has gone above and beyond, no matter what the republicans say, he tried so hard to get republicans on board with health care to work with him time and time again and they just rebuffed him from the beginning. we'll see if they behaved this time around. >> we'll see. thank you for your time tonight. have a great weekend. >> thanks, you to
washington is obsessed with the deficit but the deficit wasn't the first issue that he talked about. the first issue he talked about was creating jobs and the programs that he wants to push through for job training and community colleges and the like to help raise people's income and, again, i think that's very true to the constituency that elected him that, yes, people want the long-term fiscal problem solved but right now they are still interested in making sure this economy keeps moving...
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and reducing our deficit in a balanced and responsible way. now on this last item, we face a very clear deadline that requires us to make some big decisions on jobs, taxes, and deficits by the end of the year. both parties voted to set this deadline and i believe that both parties can work together to make these decisions in a balanced and responsible way. yesterday i had a chance to meet with labor and civic leaders for their input, today i'm meeting with ceos of some of america's largest companies. and i'll meet with leaders of both parties of congress before the week is out because there's only one way to solve these challenges and that is to do it together. as i've said before, i'm open to compromise and new ideas. and i've been encouraged over the past week to hear republican after republican agree on the need for more revenue from the wealthiest americans as part of our arithmetic if we're going to be serious about reducing the deficit. because when it comes to taxes, there are two pathways available -- option one, if congress fails to a
and reducing our deficit in a balanced and responsible way. now on this last item, we face a very clear deadline that requires us to make some big decisions on jobs, taxes, and deficits by the end of the year. both parties voted to set this deadline and i believe that both parties can work together to make these decisions in a balanced and responsible way. yesterday i had a chance to meet with labor and civic leaders for their input, today i'm meeting with ceos of some of america's largest...
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around fighting foreign -- all over the country, you can't say you're going to cut that part of the deficit. guess what? that's why we have something called the cliff that we're heading for. >> the president should cut the drone program. >> that wonderful person talking is the same brain i have. you're better at it. you're better at saying it than i am. >> i can appreciate that. >> i'm just going to have you on. i don't have to think anymore. thank you, michael steele. you know more stuff. isn't she better than you? >> oh, please. >> up next, two presidential candidates walk into a barbershop. ever what would if mitt romney and barack obama got haircuts together? ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introducing a stunning work of technology. ♪ introducing the entirely new lexus es. and the first ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. [ male announcer ] finally, mom's oven-baked tastes straight from the microwave. like oven-roasted chicken in a creamy alfredo sauce. marie callender's new comfort bakes. it's time to savor. marie callender's new
around fighting foreign -- all over the country, you can't say you're going to cut that part of the deficit. guess what? that's why we have something called the cliff that we're heading for. >> the president should cut the drone program. >> that wonderful person talking is the same brain i have. you're better at it. you're better at saying it than i am. >> i can appreciate that. >> i'm just going to have you on. i don't have to think anymore. thank you, michael steele....
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. >> what about the issue of the deficit? >> i'm going to look at every federal program and ask this question. is this program so critical it's worth borrowing money from china to pay for it? we can't afford to spend more money than we take in. >> i inherited the biggest deficit in our history, and in the last four years the deficit has gone up but 90% of that is as a consequence of two wars that weren't paid for. as a consequence of tax cuts that weren't paid for. a prescription drug plan that was not paid for, and then the worst economic crisis since the great depression. >> joining me now is mark murray. people online respond to the fact you put the sound bites back to back, and it gives us a feel of what that first debate might feel like. >> it does, tamron. you look at president obama and mitt romney, and both candidates have actually acknowledged they're fundamentally in disagreement on a whole host of issues. you look back to the 2008 president contest, and barack obama and john mccain agreed on several issues when it
. >> what about the issue of the deficit? >> i'm going to look at every federal program and ask this question. is this program so critical it's worth borrowing money from china to pay for it? we can't afford to spend more money than we take in. >> i inherited the biggest deficit in our history, and in the last four years the deficit has gone up but 90% of that is as a consequence of two wars that weren't paid for. as a consequence of tax cuts that weren't paid for. a...
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if you take his tax cut and he promises i'm not going to raise the deficit. he promises that the wealthy aren't going to pay a dime less and he promises he'll give the middle class a tax cut. you have a man running for the presidency of the united states on the central issue of our time and he's not being straight with the american people. >> president obama's chief debate coach senator john kerry on "morning joe" this morning. last night might have been sweet redemption after some slammed him after the president's first debate performance. polls conducted last night feel the president won that debate. the cnn of all voters has the president up by seven. it's the same margin in the cbs poll of uncommitted voters as well. but with almost as many voters saying the debate was a tie. a poll of battle ground states, however, gives the president his biggest lead. he breaks 50% and leads governor romney. joining me now is shawn spicer. thanks for joining us. let me start with this. in talking about women in the workplace, there is that comment about binders full of
if you take his tax cut and he promises i'm not going to raise the deficit. he promises that the wealthy aren't going to pay a dime less and he promises he'll give the middle class a tax cut. you have a man running for the presidency of the united states on the central issue of our time and he's not being straight with the american people. >> president obama's chief debate coach senator john kerry on "morning joe" this morning. last night might have been sweet redemption after...
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an 18 point halftime deficit and stunned the packers. chuck pagano is being treated for leukemia. >> you're doing great. >> eagles and steelers in pittsburgh. michael vick coughed up a fumble on the one yard line. steelers recover. philadelphia would have the lead late in the fourth. pittsburgh kicks the go ahead field goal to win it 16-14. scary play for redskins fans. robert griffin iii trying to make something happen. he scrambles up the sideline. gets hit. griffin is slow to get up. he's taken out of the game and would not return. official diagnosis is a concussion. no word yet on if he'll play next week. the game with 2:50 left to play. michael turner gets the handoff and runs it 13 yards for the score. that would be the final. falcons win 24-17. they improve to 5-0. >>> and a showdown between two of the best quarterbacks of this generation. tom brady, mr. pretty, and peyton manning facing off in foxborough. manning looks sharp rmt here he hits his tight end from one yard. peyton has three tds and no interceptions. the patriots' run
an 18 point halftime deficit and stunned the packers. chuck pagano is being treated for leukemia. >> you're doing great. >> eagles and steelers in pittsburgh. michael vick coughed up a fumble on the one yard line. steelers recover. philadelphia would have the lead late in the fourth. pittsburgh kicks the go ahead field goal to win it 16-14. scary play for redskins fans. robert griffin iii trying to make something happen. he scrambles up the sideline. gets hit. griffin is slow to get...
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. >> and deficit. didn't hear anything really regarding the deficit. a lot to be discussed and missing the opportunity. we'll hear campaign trail speeches and whatnot but mono-e-mono confrontation on those issues we will not see. thank you very much, gentlemen. i always feel so lucky of four great guys. thank you. >>> coming up, 2020 vision with 20 days left before people vote. what does former pennsylvania governor ed rendell see as the clear path ahead for the candidates and the challenges the governor will join me. >>> plus -- >> i had a question and the question was, how much did you cut them by? how much did you cut them by? >> did body language reveal the winner of the debate? it's a point made today. i'll talk with a body language expert who says he can explain some of the candidate's moves and what this expert calls the president's five-fingered gesture. join the conversation on twitter. you can find us. with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] o
. >> and deficit. didn't hear anything really regarding the deficit. a lot to be discussed and missing the opportunity. we'll hear campaign trail speeches and whatnot but mono-e-mono confrontation on those issues we will not see. thank you very much, gentlemen. i always feel so lucky of four great guys. thank you. >>> coming up, 2020 vision with 20 days left before people vote. what does former pennsylvania governor ed rendell see as the clear path ahead for the candidates and...
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it's not part of the deficit. if you were to increase revenues in social security or decrease cost, that would not go into deficit reduction, it would go somewhere else. >> the democrats are in the driver's seat. there's one republican who has the power to make sure a deal is cooperative and satisfying to the american people. it's bajohn boehner. he needs to decide if he takes this country over the fiscal cliff by refusing to bend on tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. as of now, he still says that tax cuts are off the table. >> raising taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription given where our economy is. >> is it on the table to talk about it? >> i made clear yesterday that raising tax rates is unacceptable. and frankly, it couldn't even pass the house. >> boehner is boxing himself in by taking all tax increases off the table. e today the president repeated his intention to pass a bill keeping the tax cuts on anyone with income under $250,000. >> the senate has already passed a bill doing exactl
it's not part of the deficit. if you were to increase revenues in social security or decrease cost, that would not go into deficit reduction, it would go somewhere else. >> the democrats are in the driver's seat. there's one republican who has the power to make sure a deal is cooperative and satisfying to the american people. it's bajohn boehner. he needs to decide if he takes this country over the fiscal cliff by refusing to bend on tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. as of now, he...
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he's increased the deficit a trillion dollars a year. so let's start with the failures of this administration. mitt romney has said look, we've got to cut spending, we're broke, we've overpromised, we've overspent -- >> but sir -- >> and -- >> governor, where would he cut the spending. >> let's trust him on that. >> you cut a lot of domestic -- we've already got a plan to cut a trillion -- $1.2 trillion. half of it is balanced on defense spending in a time of war. that's a mistake. and so i think we need to cut trillions of dollars in order to get our budget balanced. and you could start with cutting two or three or 4% almost across the board some of the things that other governors have done, by i think you target it in those areas where the spending has not produced tangible results in the quality of life for the people. i can just tell you, andrea, i did it in virginia, governors like christie and scott and kasic and walker have done it in all of their states, mitt romney did it when he was governor of massachusetts, $3.5 billion defic
he's increased the deficit a trillion dollars a year. so let's start with the failures of this administration. mitt romney has said look, we've got to cut spending, we're broke, we've overpromised, we've overspent -- >> but sir -- >> and -- >> governor, where would he cut the spending. >> let's trust him on that. >> you cut a lot of domestic -- we've already got a plan to cut a trillion -- $1.2 trillion. half of it is balanced on defense spending in a time of war....
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a procedure that would lead to a comprehensive agreement on debt and deficit reduction which would allow the fiscal cliff to be put off in a way there will be action on the underlying problem which is our deficit and debt. that's the third pathway. the two you mentioned are distinctly possible pathways, also. >> we have this dual trigger nightmare. we have tax rates that would go up on december 31st and the sequestration that goes in. >> and the debt ceiling. >> i was going to bring it up but you brought it up first, does that at all force a grand bargain here? obviously there are a lot of democrats who say this time, what, no. it may take going off the cliff. i had a few democrats indicate that, hey, shutting down the government in 2010 might have actually allowed the republican leadership to bring some more conservative members along for a grand bargain. do you buy that scenario? >> no, i think that would be chaotic, that would be counterproductive pathway and i think inappropriate for leaders of this country to allow that to happen. you would have an immediate stalling out of the econ
a procedure that would lead to a comprehensive agreement on debt and deficit reduction which would allow the fiscal cliff to be put off in a way there will be action on the underlying problem which is our deficit and debt. that's the third pathway. the two you mentioned are distinctly possible pathways, also. >> we have this dual trigger nightmare. we have tax rates that would go up on december 31st and the sequestration that goes in. >> and the debt ceiling. >> i was going to...
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the same for the stability which takes away the sovereignty of nations and limits the amount of deficits they can run. these two key planks are part of the plan to get europe out of this mess. after this ruling in germany, germany can least go ahead and goforward. concerns about whether they are happy about the third part of the plan going into the market. that one has not been ratified. back to you. >> a big story out of the europe. still ahead on "way too early" the boston red sox are awful but they want to ruin the yankees. highlights ahead in sports. >>> joe biden made an emotional stop in shanksville, pennsylvania on the way out of the firehouse, he invited in language you likely won't hear from anyone else working in the white house. he invited the guys to the white house for beers. that and a check at the weather when "way too early" comes back. >> several dozen young whites heckled the police. bottles began to fly and the police charged in a column led by policemen on horseback. [ mrs. hutchison ] friday night has always been all fun and games here at the hutchison household. but
the same for the stability which takes away the sovereignty of nations and limits the amount of deficits they can run. these two key planks are part of the plan to get europe out of this mess. after this ruling in germany, germany can least go ahead and goforward. concerns about whether they are happy about the third part of the plan going into the market. that one has not been ratified. back to you. >> a big story out of the europe. still ahead on "way too early" the boston red...
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the obama plan would cut the deficit by trillions the over the same period. prepare for $10 million worth of this ad telling you if you're worried about student loans and spending and the deficit you ought to vote against the guy who has been comparatively pretty good on the issues. on the deficit you ought to vote for the guy that will make it worse by trillions and trillions of dollars. you cannot shock anybody by telling them a karl rove ad tells a lie. the issue is that the assertions in this $10 million ad buy are just blatantly at face value shockingly dishonest to anybody who understands anything about these issues that are in this ad. we're told that republicans have focus group this ad down to the last bristle on the air brush. they are confident that the assertions are false to anybody that knows the fact, they are confident it not be shocking to anyone. they are confident that people do not know what the facts are. are they right? in so, the number one question is why don't more people know the actual facts? how do you run on your record when the o
the obama plan would cut the deficit by trillions the over the same period. prepare for $10 million worth of this ad telling you if you're worried about student loans and spending and the deficit you ought to vote against the guy who has been comparatively pretty good on the issues. on the deficit you ought to vote for the guy that will make it worse by trillions and trillions of dollars. you cannot shock anybody by telling them a karl rove ad tells a lie. the issue is that the assertions in...
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funds, worried about inflation rising interest rates and declining dollar and huge budget and trade deficits. and all of them afraid the markets would plunge even more. >>> is this what i say? >> yep. >> now, look at that beautiful picture of -- how's that? >> that's good. >> as you wake up, washington, d.c. let's get a check on your weather from nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, a recent victim of sexual harassment in the workplace, bill, we won't talk about it. let's just pretend, mika. >> no. >> mika gives atta boysp thisbo. they do it in sports dugouts. >> i don't you all are sick. >> i think it makes bill uncomfortable. >> i'm dealing with it. >> deal with the weather, okay? >> thank you for soldiering on. >> the last time the three of us were together was mika's sleepover at her house. >> okay. >> no, seriously, i'm just uncomfortable at this point. >> oh, boy. >> what's wrong with him? >> this is trouble. >> this is big trouble. >> bill, speaking of trouble, what about that weather system moving up the east coast. >> we have airport issues this morning as we watch the heavy rain mo
funds, worried about inflation rising interest rates and declining dollar and huge budget and trade deficits. and all of them afraid the markets would plunge even more. >>> is this what i say? >> yep. >> now, look at that beautiful picture of -- how's that? >> that's good. >> as you wake up, washington, d.c. let's get a check on your weather from nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, a recent victim of sexual harassment in the workplace, bill, we won't talk about...